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[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] insane5125:
oh i see now. i don't know what i was thinking. thank you
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
It used to show them in earlier releases, but for now they're disabled as I fix the framework behind it :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] insane5125:
First i would like to say this is an awesome idea and amazing design. Good luck to you in the future.:good:

But may i also ask,

Have you thought of contacting the developer of smart launcher to help you with this? Its pretty much the same just horizontal tabs instead of vertical.

Will it be a full launcher capable of sorting the apps when you first install like smart launcher.

Will there be multiple themes to choose from?

What is your final goal?

EDIT: Forgot one last question. When this is finished what are you thinking of starting on next? Maybe a lock screen with this kind of feel?

Also these a just friendly question not trying to sound annoying.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Adizzzle:
Can't wait until this is functioning smoother on my S3.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] insane5125:
Blasphemy!!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] unreal:
Just tested. Incredible :eek:

<3
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] bazanster:
Cool idea

Man im really looking forward too see how this project ends :). But by now, when i installed it i satarted to have problems with my cam. it replied "cant connect with the cam", so i rebooted my phone and the cam was working again but only the first time i opened it, the second time it replied the same thing. Then i uninstalled this marvelous aplication and the camera was working right regardless how many times i opened it.

I use a xperia play r800i with True ancestor ROM :good:. Hopely you can fix this :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DiamondBond:
Aww man this is great, I finally got it fixed because I moved the. Zip to proper location, :D

Butt this question I jaz has provably been asked 1000000 times:

How can we grt the launcher to show music? And how can we get the launcher to show Gameboy Games w/ Thumbs, :D

Ih and hey [MENTION=3958452]RozenTensai[/MENTION] some suggestions:

Can u make the "app" sectiom have 2 thinga under it, 1 for user apps, 2 for system apps

Also for the video and music section cany u makr hhe app on firsy startup scan for existing files???

Annddd can u fiz yhe FC when sliding play controls whole in it?

Also just a smallish idea, u could add yhe xpmb interface sounds

:D

Otherwise its magnificent, if more gets fized ill be hookdx to it, :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] G.I. Jew:
Slide up only?

Hey man, this is amazing! I've always wanted an XMB style launcher for Xperia Play! But, is there anyway to have it open when I slide the device up? Because it's not very practical to use in vertical mode. Thank you in advance!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Jens_Karlsson:
Anyone know where i Can get the psp live wallpaper, my ROM is debloated so all my live wallpapers are gone;)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Adizzzle:
Hope this hasn't died off..
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Pizza_user:
Yeah me too
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Adizzzle:
?

Nexus⁴
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Geodomus:
It seems to be dead, last commit is from june 28th... 2 months ago :(
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Adizzzle:
Dang, this was one of those amazing launchers I guess Android will have to live without.

Nexus⁴✯
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] vektor88:
Hi everyone,

I just wanted to show that I'm currently working to make xpmb run on other devices,

plus I added some nice features like new platforms, for instance ps1 and pcengine, and changed the code so that RetroArch is executed instead of the *oid emulators. I also added support for automatic download of game covers.

All of these could be added to the official XPMB.

You can see a video of my additions here, the device is a JXD S7300B:

[YOUTUBE]Jh7ayNbDPJo[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Pizza_user:
OOOOOOH DAMMMMN that seems 9 million better xpmb

Please release it for xplay and so, other devices

but, speed up your launcher it's too slow, but for a start it completely rocks

And a fonction for show launcher when the xperia play pad is up (with slide x) )

thanks
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] vektor88:
That's not a different application, it's a modified XPMB, supposed to work also on Xperia too :)

For menu speed, that is the speed I've always got on my device. Is it faster on xperia? Is there any video?

I've already tried to contact RozenTensai to send him the code so that he can merge it if he wants :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Pizza_user:
awesome !!! keep working guy, keep working ...

don't forget open up / launch xpmb auto ^^ ;p
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DiamondBond:
Very nice, but imo if ur going to use Retro Arch for all emu's make it defualt but add a setting to add whatever emulator one likes to the asigned emulator, also add PSP = PPSSPP and NDS = DraStic, ;)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Adizzzle:
This is amaze balls

Nexus⁴✯
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] sewer56lol:
Hence everybody is on topic I'll go off topic lol. Nice SEGA font at start.

It looks very nice and clean on the other hand.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Pizza_user:
And please, add french langage

I'm full french and i can help you if needed !! Really

A big french xplay community is here !!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] vektor88:
I don't know if it's possible to do what you ask: emulators have to support the "directly launch rom" feature, otherwise all i can do is a shortcut to open the emulator instead of a game list from where you can directly launch games. In RetroArch I asked the authors to accept some commits to their source code and they did. I replaced the oid emus used by the official code with RetroArch because I find it better (specially latest builds) and there is support for more platforms.

DraStic is a paid app instead, so I could try something like "if there's drastic installed run the game on it, otherwise run it on desmume (retroarch core).", but once again, it depends on how the emulator handles rom execution.

go in /res/values/strings.xml and translate those strings then :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Pizza_user:
all right
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DiamondBond:
ok so: (Newbie written code here, i know some unix but nothin advanced... this is my own language)

If proc;DraStic then open /data/app/com.drastic.apk

:D, but thats cool, i hope to see this!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] vektor88:
It ain't that easy :) An application is basically composed by one or more Activities, every activity has a precise task (for instance: browse roms, browse and allow editing of settings, rom execution).

To achieve what you ask the emulator needs that the activity for rom execution is a distinct activity and not part of another activity (this happens if it's just a method) and finally the activity must have the permission to be executed by other apps, and this is set by devs of that app in the manifest file. Oid and RetroArch do have this, PPSSPP answered no, at least for now, to the request of adding this to his code. For drastic I'll get it asap and see if this can be done. :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DiamondBond:
ok, sorry, im not so bright when it comes to apps, :)

Hope development goes great!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] insane5125:
Bump
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Adizzzle:
+1
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] insane5125:
Any new info on this I'm still wishing for a full xmb launcher
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] lildark7:
Anything new? that was the project? and was the developer? I love this Launcher. I hope soon to add the cover again to GBA Rom. with the latest version.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] vj.xtha:
is this project stopped??
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Kino Ng:
C'mon, somebody don't let this awesome XMB launcher stop just like this, please!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mastersworddude:
Guessing it's abandoned?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Miles Wolf:
There's hasn't been activity on this project for a lot of months... Sadly I can say that yes, this has been abandoned.

:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

I'll contact the creator.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
Here, I haven't abandoned this project, just had to take care of something more important. :)

This screenshot shows what's going on with this:

A tiny notifications system (used for internals mainly for now), the return of extended data for ROMs, like BG images/slideshows, cover arts and so on (I think it could be easily implemented with any item from the APPs category), extended TheGamesDB code contributed by vektor88, and some fixes that were left hanging.

I'l update soon the repo. Cheers! :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] insane5125:
I know you just got back. But a big feature I would like to see is being able to choose what category an app is in. So pretty much customization but. Also thanks for replying and I can't wait for the update. Good luck.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DiamondBond:
Awesome dude, cant wait, please continue this amazing development, this is one heck of an app! (if u finish it, it will be better than the XP App made by Sony... :D)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] NotSoCheezyTech:
Force Closes :(

I'm running the newest version on 2.3.4 on my R800i. I get FCs when I press X on an empty area, e.c. the music area, the NES games area, the GBA games area. Happens in the GBA games area with games too as a result of me not having the proper emulator. When pressing X on the video option (External Memory) nothing happens at all, unlike the Music option.

P.S. Would this launcher work on KitKat? I'm considering installing a custom ROM of it if I can find a good one, mostly because 4.4 isn't such a power hog compared to 4.0 - 4.3. I know it's a stupid question, but I want to be sure. Has anyone tried it? Does anyone know of a good ROM of 4.4 for the Xplay? I'm getting a new phone so this beast is going to be exclusively for gaming.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] sonatamartica:
Unlock?

man i love the PSP, i have about six or so at the moment.

i REALLY wanna try this out but i dont have a xperia play. you say youve put a "simple lock" on it to restrict it, could you please: take it off so i can have a stickybeak? :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DiamondBond:
I assume the simple lock would be in the build.prop, mod your build.prop temporarily to an R800i, :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] sonatamartica:
I have no idea how to do that :/
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
Don't worry, I have long ago removed that lock, it's just locked to landscape mode.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Supravr:
Simply amazing, this is beautiful and intuitive launcher!

Congratulations and good luck in development!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] insane5125:
Has the new update come out yet? Also what is coming in the new update?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Pizza_user:
i REALLY NEED IT GUYSSS :D :D :D

Checking the thread every days !

PS: Please make an "HD" xpmb ! Do the perfect size for icons, not too big not too small thanks

And a "french" language x)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Tobi-DS:
Very interesting idea, but i´m using my play still as a phone, so no alternative for me :/

Is it planned to add touchscreen support?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] The3File:
I would love to see this replacing the stock game launcher, is there a way to mod the launcher to open when you slide the gamepad out?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
Updated code repo and download to November 30 build. More bugs for you to test~ :p

Now you can 'copy' items from submenus (like 'apps' one) to the main menu, there is a small 'now playing' row in the statusbar, you can somewhat organize items by moving them up/down, but it will make all sort of things to the items layout.

MediaPlayer will crash if you exit/enter the app, because of playlist not stored inside the player service itself.

It doesn't have any device check so you can freely test it in any device that you want, but as I stated before, support is only for the XPlay ;)

Enjoy this highly-alpha version! :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ch3mn3y:
Anyone found this "now playing" row? Coz i cant and it make me think im blind

Sent using SO-01D - TurboUI GE/LUPUS_GB
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] abdel12345:
This one was a huge improvement! It didn't force close at all on my nexus 5. This would be an awesome launcher once it's more stable.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RawPenguin:
Thanks for this feature! This allows tinkerers to install ANY rom they want and it won't be a burden, good move ;)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
It shows only when playing anything from the music submenu, but it's very buggy atm :silly:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] julian280:
This launcher continues improving!!! It's glad to see it again since 6 months ago when I last saw it. new customizable options are great and have a lot of potential. No FC for me :highfive:

Keep it up, I can't wait to see v1.0 for our plays :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Pizza_user:
very very great i'm loving thanks
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RawPenguin:
Great job on the app! The only thing that I had problems with was the storage of customisation and force closes when I enter XPMB when I have my PLAY plugged into my PC (probably SD apps). Due to curiosity, I decompiled the app and saw that most of the XMB display was in XML. I tinkered with this for my own set of apps and I now have custom icons, an extra category for Emulators (I also removed the NES & GBA Emu that came with the app as I have mine already set up 100%) and several system apps I thought would be nice (Straight to video capture and gallery)

Your app is a GREAT base but I'm sure when it is finished, it'll more than that!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] julian280:
Would you share your modded launcher? I like the emulator section

and custom icons layout :)

Share it only if it doesn't require specifically the same apps you have installed in order to work.

Thanks in advance ;)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RawPenguin:
I will see if the DEV will let me post my methods as it is their hard work that I'm tampering with...

The bad thing is that to use my APK, as I have it for my personal use, you would need to have my apps, or they won't run. The icons will be loaded as they are in an included theme file in the APK, but the app you select won't run unless you have it. I could post some sort of tutorial or PM the dev and maybe it will be included on the code.google site but I can't guarantee.

I could edit the default APK to accommodate the emulator section and I'd probably add in the Video Camera, Gallery (in both photo and video), downloads (in Web) and Music links as they SHOULD work with every Xperia(?)

I haven't hit 10 posts yet, so I have to be a little creative to show my screenshots... I have a few here... I took these before I added a new category : Social. It has the icon for chat on the real XMB.

They are here :

http://tinypic.com/a/2tkw1/2
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
Everyone, remember that you can actually modify the source code, no need to decompile or anything, just edit what you need, compile and you're good to go :D

EDIT: Updated code repo and binary download, fixed that creepy bug triggered when moving items up/down in a submenu and now it reloads app icons on restart.

Also, as GoogleCode will not be hosting binary data as of Jan 15, I'm searching for a suitable binary/source host.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Pizza_user:
Yeeeaaaahhhh new version i'm downloading it immediately :highfive:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
Again, updated code repo and binary. Enjoy! :D

Fixed media player behaviour and optimized some code around.

Next waypoint: add/remove/edit categories.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Pizza_user:
Can you, please, resize icons more much smaller ? For an HD rendering, you understand... thanks !

If i want to translate the launcher in french, how can i make it ? Thanks a lot !
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] nightfireluna:
awesome launcher concept

Sadly I don't have an xperia play, but I've been looking for an XMB-Style launcher for a long time.

Would a future update allow other phones to run the launcher? Maybe with external controller support over Bluetooth, USB OTG, or a on-screen joypad or gestures?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] tdmsbn:
i have been too, im about to resort to coding it from scratch to get something that works. perferibly with customizable columns and an app drawer option somewhere so you dont have to show every app in the launcher xmb.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] psxpetey:
Epic
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] dj___:
Why I can't even install it?

I'm running stock Android 2.3.3 on Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY R800x.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ch3mn3y:
It works on 2.3.4, but 2.3-2.3.3 has lower API than 2.3.4-2.3.7. Andbl that`s problem.

Sent using R800i - DiXperia 3 'Enormous'/LuPuS_GB
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] jmindset:
Have you ever tried "smart launcher"? It's similar to the xmb layout. Not exactly the same but same concept. Plus it's great with battery life
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] SpoodyNom666:
Can you make the app compatible with 2.3.2 devices. I have an R800X which runs stock gingerbread. I'd really like to use your launcher.

Sent from my Xperia R800X
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] inaroom:
i use smart launcher too. square to open the drawer and L R shoulders to navigare category...smart enough
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TONYTONYAU:
Just asked

is this launcher support other with DS4 controller?

thx

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BUG:

All function is not working on 4.4-6.0, Unable to find music, photo, video, and app. (it start scanning then force close)

wallpaper bug on 4.4-6.0, didn't test on 4.3 below, I will upload the wallpaper later.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] inaroom:
a little ot but i think it's worth mentioning : retroarch has xbm interface on the latest builds, suits the xplay just fine
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] gouster3:
is it working only on xperia play, or on any android device?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] HEZAiKU:
I just hope this creator make it portrait mode available or maybe someone can make a launcher with this psp-like interface.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Defaultplayer000:
Anybody have the source for this still?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] j03lpr86:
https://github.com/zevektor/XPMB-Vektor
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Defaultplayer000:
Wow! Thanks so much!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] diverdown5150:
Question: how do I compile the source code for this? Android studio is refusing to work with me for compiling this and I'm at a dead end and hopefully someone or maybe you can help me with this.

Visual Studio Code is the best way to compile it and edit it from what I've experienced so far, but it's flagging so much in the vektor source code as errors or just giving me way too much trouble in general.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] diverdown5150:
The source is still available for download on the site hosting the download links for the app, I just downloaded it, although it isn't in the same format as the vektor source code (.c files, etc).

Here, https://code.google.com/archive/p/xpmb/source/default/source?page=1

Only reason I'm looking for the source is so I can take a look and try to figure out what's going wrong on my device when using any feature of the launcher. The Vektor source did not want to compile at all, threw far too many errors at me when I'd try to build it and it didn't seem like it would work for me.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CyberScopes:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

Ok, now it installs but it says My device isnt an xperia play :(

/==(CyberScopes)==\
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] clivejefferies:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

It's a shame SE could not have done something like this. My friend used to work at SE and he said Sony would not let them use any of the brands as they did not want to water then down. That is why they went down the PlayStation certified route.

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This can be done, but it would mean implementing a background service which listens for that event to happen. As a rule people don't like background services as they use RAM. Unless there is some sort of broadcast when it happens, which would be very cool.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
Yeah, that is more a system services/ROM issue. If this thing finally reaches ROM/full shell stage then it can be implemented, nonetheless, i'll try to do everything to have that feature working.

Regarding the actual state of the app, the device check was fixed (hopefully) but I'm fixing the GBA launcher part before releasing the next compiled apk.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ch3mn3y:
Odp: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

For me it could be rom, but now its better as launcher only

Sent using tf300t - stock JellyBean (docked/nonrooted)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
Finally. Fixed GBA launcher and added correct management of menu/submenu items, changed to do device check against android.os.Build.BOARD instead of android.os.Build.PRODUCT.

If your build.prop doesn't return 'zeus' or 'zeusc' when requesting board name then blame your favorite ROM maker :p

Next task is to implement some actual launcher functionality.

P.D. Updated first post with new apk
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] clivejefferies:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

I am using board= as per the touchpad thread. :(
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CyberScopes:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

same.

/==(CyberScopes)==\
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
Update: fixed device check -hopefully, again- for those who use some build.prop tweaks (product OR board), implemented app launcher functionality as a submenu for now.

Next: implement media submenus

P.D. updated apk and added screenshot in the first post.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Justinchi:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

Still not working on SlimBean =(
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] bhavei:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

Someone posted all other free emuators, i think its sechko? For ps1 launch fpse or epsxe. Id love to see this project to be finished. You could post your paypal email, a couple of donations might inspire you ;D

sent from Xperia PLAY™ via Tapatalk™
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Zerosuit Connor:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

Props :) Been looking for something like this for a while :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CloudShepherd:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

Eagerly waiting for gingerbread optimization :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ch3mn3y:
Odp: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

Im getting error "application xpmb was stopped".

However now it see my phone as XPlay

Sent using tf300t - stock JellyBean (docked/nonrooted)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] cody1997:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

4.0.4 :C
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ch3mn3y:
Odp: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

Yeah i have the same problem. jb 4.1.2 PACman with board=zeus, so its not problem

Sent using tf300t - stock JellyBean (docked/nonrooted)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RozenTensai:
Those with problems with the device check can use the attached apk and send me the data shown in a PM, those with FC's please send me a logcat in a PM too.

Thanks for your help!

EDIT: APK removed because there's no more use to build.prop data.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CyberScopes:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

my build.product is R800i_0000-0000. i dont wanna change it cause its for touchpads.

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[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] clivejefferies:
Re: [APP][DEV][ALPHA] XPMB -- A XMB-styled launcher for our Play's

Same